Things that make you laugh

[Pseudo]

Saw this pile of books in the bookshop in the Myer centre (Page and Turner?) a while ago.

Interesting juxtaposition of titles...

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[Brodlach]

Saw this pile of books in the bookshop in the Myer centre (Page and Turner?) a while ago.

Interesting juxtaposition of titles...

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Give away pile?

[Jimmy_041]

I've read Michael Wolfe's unauthorised biography "The Man Who Owns the News"

Good book actually

[Dinglinga75]

Not sure if this fails in the laugh, sad or mad section but after a record breaking years in profits for Coles... Coles in their wisdom will be giving every employee a Coles water bottle for a xmas present .... ( this is not comedy either )

[MW]

Not sure if this fails in the laugh, sad or mad section but after a record breaking years in profits for Coles... Coles in their wisdom will be giving every employee a Coles water bottle for a xmas present .... ( this is not comedy either )

Profits are for shareholders, not employees. Sad but true...
I work for a global company (very large, 45,000 employees) and at best we get something similar, or a deck chair, or picnic set etc all marked with the company brand.
I can see it from a company point of view too when you have so many people...imagine having to give out decent presents/Christmas bonuses to 45,000 people!

[Dinglinga75]

yeah I understand your point .. Coles reported a $A1.1Billion profit after tax

[MW]

yeah I understand your point .. Coles reported a $A1.1Billion profit after tax

Rich getting richer in this economy...

[mighty_tiger_79]

To be fair to Coles they just want their staff to be hydrated at work for ohs purposes.
It's a practical gift.

But yes it's a little odd

[dedja]

Not sure if this fails in the laugh, sad or mad section but after a record breaking years in profits for Coles... Coles in their wisdom will be giving every employee a Coles water bottle for a xmas present .... ( this is not comedy either )

Some people just can’t be pleased

Sometimes it’s better to do nothing rather than insult people.

[MW]

To be fair to Coles they just want their staff to be hydrated at work for ohs purposes.
It's a practical gift.

But yes it's a little odd

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

[dedja]

To be fair to Coles they just want their staff to be hydrated at work for ohs purposes.
It's a practical gift.

But yes it's a little odd

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

I would have suggest to the boss that it worked best taken as a suppository.

[Dinglinga75]

To be fair to Coles they just want their staff to be hydrated at work for ohs purposes.
It's a practical gift.

But yes it's a little odd

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

Id just tell the boss, you will find me at the Emu between 5-6pm

[mighty_tiger_79]

To be fair to Coles they just want their staff to be hydrated at work for ohs purposes.
It's a practical gift.

But yes it's a little odd

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

[daysofourlives]

My old boss bought a pallet of cleanskin 2019 Tempranillo. I knew where he got it from, just happened to be a mate that organised the sale, $90 a case of 12, it was some of the Riverlands finest
My boss then asked me to source some 6 pack cartons and split them down to 6 packs and give every employee a 6 pack for xmas, all up about 20 employees.
He's of Italian heritage.

[Booney]

To be fair to Coles they just want their staff to be hydrated at work for ohs purposes.
It's a practical gift.

But yes it's a little odd

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

Not as invasive, but constructions sites in FNQ often have water monitors who monitor your fluid in take from hour to hour.

[am Bays]

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

Monitor hydration or monitor core temperature?

We (NTIS/CDU) did a lot of research measuring temperature via data loggers and a pill on AFL players (Essendon & West Coast) in the early 00s when they played preseason games in Darwin (where I saw first hand the players check in with Dr Reid if anything that they were taking remotely dodgy) fast forward when he was shut out of that in 2012

Also did work on the Army in the field and other athletes.

Simplest measure of hydration is piss into a cup and measure someones Urine Specific Gravity. closer to 1.0 hydration above 1.02 dehydrated...

[Pseudo]

Simplest measure of hydration is piss into a cup and measure someones Urine Specific Gravity. closer to 1.0 hydration above 1.02 dehydrated...

Bit awkward when a trainer jogs up with a cup at the cusp of time-on...

[MW]

Funny story about this. My work once tried to get our workers to swallow a tracking device the size of a Panadol capsule, to track their hydration levels in summer to prove that extra breaks in the heat was not required.

Monitor hydration or monitor core temperature?

We (NTIS/CDU) did a lot of research measuring temperature via data loggers and a pill on AFL players (Essendon & West Coast) in the early 00s when they played preseason games in Darwin (where I saw first hand the players check in with Dr Reid if anything that they were taking remotely dodgy) fast forward when he was shut out of that in 2012

Also did work on the Army in the field and other athletes.

Simplest measure of hydration is piss into a cup and measure someones Urine Specific Gravity. closer to 1.0 hydration above 1.02 dehydrated...

Yeah could have been core temperature...to be honest the idea lasted about 30 minutes of a OH&S meeting before it was thrown out.

[Booney]

Simplest measure of hydration is piss into a cup and measure someones Urine Specific Gravity. closer to 1.0 hydration above 1.02 dehydrated...

Bit awkward when a trainer jogs up with a cup at the cusp of time-on...

"We'll only play you for the first half then we'll pull you off at half time"

[Spargo]

Simplest measure of hydration is piss into a cup and measure someones Urine Specific Gravity. closer to 1.0 hydration above 1.02 dehydrated...

Bit awkward when a trainer jogs up with a cup at the cusp of time-on...

"We'll only play you for the first half then we'll pull you off at half time"

“Geez, that’s sounds alright. When I was in the country we only got oranges at halftime…”